Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: mackinac bridge

The Mackinac Straits weather on Labor Day weekend was unusually clear. Naturally we went to look at the bridge. Photo shot from the park by the toll booths.

Despite appearances, this stockade was never intended as a fortress. Michillimackinac was a fur trading post and remote French (British, after 1763) settlement on the Straits of Mackinac. When the folks living here decided they needed security, they moved to the more serious fortress on Mackinac Island. But the place was occasionally attacked, and was once overrun during Pontiac's Rebellion. Colonial Michillimackinac is a Michigan State Park. Everything that looks like a building in the park is a reconstruction, with only two or three minor exceptions. They've been working on this since 1959, and I've been visiting on an occasional basis since 1961. Yesterday was our first stop in over a decade. Our impression is that things have greatly improved. We spent most of the afternoon walking the place and checking out the exhibits. Oh, yes. That Bridge. There's only one bridge . Its name is Mackinac, and its anchorage is beside the old fort.

A couple walks along the beach at Old Mackinac Point, just east of the Straits Bridge and Colonial Michilimackinac. The weather on this June day in 2000 was interesting, but quite odd. The fog obscuring the view at the point was extremely local. Quite near this place the air was clear and visibility was more or less unlimited. But the bridge? You could just barely make it out.... Camera: Nikon N90s

Joan took this lovely photo of the Mackinac Bridge a few years back from the lighthouse grounds in Mackinaw City. If you compare this pic with mine from a few weeks ago , you'll see they were taken from opposite ends of the span. This photo looks toward St. Ignace. Camera: Minolta point-and-shoot Photo by Joan Bennett in June, I think in 2000